Halloween has to be one of the easiest holidays to “green-up” despite marketing efforts from Mall-Wart and various specialty Halloween stores. Second hand Halloween costumes are easy to find and often offer much better quality costumes. Especially compared to the cheapo kids costumes  that are a testament to our “throw-away” society. A good costume should [...]

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Concern for the products that enter our bodies through our mouths is pretty straightforward. No one in his or her right mind would willingly drink a bottle of chlorine or munch a handful of lead. Indeed, humans and animals alike can very easily be poisoned and or affected in a multitude of ways if we [...]

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Despite the fact that the Green Me Family does not eat regular candy we usually splurge at Costco on a few big bags of mixed treats for Halloween. However now that we have our own little one to contend with — I could not rightly pass out High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and hydrogenated oils [...]

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We often associate the word “organic” with food products, but it can also be used to reference clothing, beauty care products and more. The key to reading labels, is understanding that organic food products (and claims) are regulated by the FDA. Other organic claims are not regulated; so, when buying anything organic that does not [...]

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The Green Me family has been crazy busy of late; hence the lack of blog posts. Baby Green Me has also transitioned to one nap per day, which essentially means I am short two hours of “mommy free time” each day, which means I either miss out on computer time, cleaning time, cooking time, yard [...]

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